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[jwikked]

Why is it Australia Post only send you a "How was your recent delivery" feedback survey when they deliver in their normal time frame. I recently ordered a book from Amazon, which took 9 days to deliver. It went from the Amazon Melbourne despatch centre out to Sunshine West. Then it went up to Brisbane back down to Sydney, out to Melbourne Airport, then to Oakleigh South and then finally to my Parcel Collect office.

They did not send me a survey for this delivery and they have altered the tracking records to show it was only a two day transit. Amazon despatched it on the 20.01.26 but the Australia Post records now show it was despatched on the 27.01.26 and arrived on the 29.01.26. Seems downright dishonest to me!

That’s wild. Amazon used to be incredibly fast at delivering, Covid ruined it. If I order something now, it goes from Melbourne to Sydney, and then bounces around NSW before it gets to me. It’s crazy.

I used to be able to order something at 9pm Monday night, it would be at my front door when I get home from work on Wednesday. Consistently.

Now I’m lucky if I get it within 5 working days. It’s awful.

 

[PoppedCorn]

Having delt with aust post quite a lot for work i can honestly say negative feedback is the way forward

 

[BigPowerForward]

Having delt with aust post quite a lot for work i can honestly say negative feedback is the way forward

It's the dishonesty that gets me annoyed
The book I bought was for my wife, so she was tracking it also, and riding me about how bad the service was.
The fact that AusPost have altered the records to show it was only a 2 day transit is a disgrace.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Melbourne Storm are having a right proper cursed year.

Katoa getting a broken skull (that was preventable), 1 player having a stoke and now Bellamy being diagnosed with a neurovegetative disorder.

 

[BigPowerForward]

 

[StFly]

That feel you have when fire trucks rock up across the road from you and warnings say "fire not yet under control".

Granted have seen people about so looks to be behind some buildings before it can get to me.

Edit: no idea what it was, likely will find out later, but it was 3 trucks into 2 and a copper then they up and deleted the emergency after the 2nd to last truck left. Also it went from spitting rain to actual rain, so if it was outside well, it is currently getting wet further.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Shortage of Urea...Major ingredient in fertilizer and that blue shit in diesels.

Urea is produced as a by product of natural gas in the Persian Gulf.
Fact. Urea is also part of human urine.
Solution. Remove the tax from beer sold in pubs who allow the collection from their urinals.

God i should be in charge of things.

Vote for the lego man people.

 

[gringo2011]

Shortage of Urea...Major ingredient in fertilizer and that blue shit in diesels.

Urea is produced as a by product of natural gas in the Persian Gulf.
Fact. Urea is also part of human urine.
Solution. Remove the tax from beer sold in pubs who allow the collection from their urinals.

God i should be in charge of things.

Vote for the lego man people.

Put our piss buckets out for the farmers campaign coming up?

 

[dudeintheswamp]

Speaking of piss buckets (which we often seem to be doing here lately ), years ago a mate of mine was living in a share house with another bloke and it had gotten to the stage where he absolutely just couldn't stand the guy. Aside from all of the classic housemate issues like being a loud, slobby, inconsiderate a-hole, the guy was a bogan meathead pumped full of roids, when not flexing in the mirror, he'd be balltearin' around in his hotted up meathead car terrorising the local wildlife and old people. This is in a tiny, sleepy beachside town in Queensland mind you. This guy was about twenty or so, an ice riddled gym junkie who'd had come directly from the outer southern suburbs of Brisbane and that meathead car was his pride and joy.

Anyway my mate, who at the time was an extremely heavy drinker (Bundaberg Rum and Coke ), had heard that this other bloke was going away for Xmas for a month in a few weeks time and he hatched a plan. Whenever he'd get on the rumbo's at home, brown dogs he'd call 'em, he wouldn't pee in the toilet or out by a tree, oh no, he'd pee in empty three litre plastic milk bottles which he'd then store out in his little garden shed. This went on for a coupla weeks.

Turns out the meathead wasn't taking his meathead car. So a couple of days before Xmas, the day after meathead left, in the middle of a searing Queensland summer and where the car is parked outside in the hot blaring sun, old mate took his twenty litres of dark, cellared, stinkin' piss and unloaded every last drop over every inch of the interior; carpet, upholstery, the lot. Even saved some for the boot. Then proceeded to wind up all the windows and lock the meathead car where it would sit undisturbed in the summer sun to marinate for the next three weeks.

When he was talking about it after the fact he said to me, "I wasn't taking the piss mate, i was sharing it around".

 

[BigPowerForward]

So I parked my car in an almost empty carpark and there were a least 40 spots closer to the store entrance. Imagine my surprise when I came out of the store to find some numbnut had parked right next to mine. Even better, they parked on the drivers side so I had to squeeze into my car. WTF is wrong with people!
It happens quite regularly. I know, 1st world problem but FMD it gives me the absolute shits.

 

[PoppedCorn]

There's a place in hell for these idiots.

 

[jwikked]

So I parked my car in an almost empty carpark and there were a least 40 spots closer to the store entrance. Imagine my surprise when I came out of the store to find some numbnut had parked right next to mine. Even better, they parked on the drivers side so I had to squeeze into my car. WTF is wrong with people!
It happens quite regularly. I know, 1st world problem but FMD it gives me the absolute shits.

I did the same thing on my L plates, it was one of the first times I drove down the street and parked at a supermarket.

No cars in the car park, and I parked as far away as possible. Get back to the car and there’s a pristine Rolls Royce parked directly next to it.

Got no idea what they were thinking.

 

[bergholt]

I did the same thing on my L plates, it was one of the first times I drove down the street and parked at a supermarket.

No cars in the car park, and I parked as far away as possible. Get back to the car and there’s a pristine Rolls Royce parked directly next to it.

Got no idea what they were thinking.

saw the L plates, wanted a bit of body work done, hoped you'd scrape it so they could get insurance to pay for it

 

[Dard Ball Get]

So I parked my car in an almost empty carpark and there were a least 40 spots closer to the store entrance. Imagine my surprise when I came out of the store to find some numbnut had parked right next to mine. Even better, they parked on the drivers side so I had to squeeze into my car. WTF is wrong with people!
It happens quite regularly. I know, 1st world problem but FMD it gives me the absolute shits.

I don’t get angry over much but this f*cks me off no end.
Just this morning some genius had parked behind my brother in one of our reserved bays, blocking him in. Fantastic when you have places to be!
Nothing a pair of snips to the tyre stems won’t fix

 

[gringo2011]

I don’t get angry over much but this f*cks me off no end.
Just this morning some genius had parked behind my brother in one of our reserved bays, blocking him in. Fantastic when you have places to be!
Nothing a pair of snips to the tyre stems won’t fix

So then you have to wait for a tow truck too? Don't be angry, it will give you wrinkles.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Speaking of piss buckets (which we often seem to be doing here lately ), years ago a mate of mine was living in a share house with another bloke and it had gotten to the stage where he absolutely just couldn't stand the guy. Aside from all of the classic housemate issues like being a loud, slobby, inconsiderate a-hole, the guy was a bogan meathead pumped full of roids, when not flexing in the mirror, he'd be balltearin' around in his hotted up meathead car terrorising the local wildlife and old people. This is in a tiny, sleepy beachside town in Queensland mind you. This guy was about twenty or so, an ice riddled gym junkie who'd had come directly from the outer southern suburbs of Brisbane and that meathead car was his pride and joy.

Anyway my mate, who at the time was an extremely heavy drinker (Bundaberg Rum and Coke ), had heard that this other bloke was going away for Xmas for a month in a few weeks time and he hatched a plan. Whenever he'd get on the rumbo's at home, brown dogs he'd call 'em, he wouldn't pee in the toilet or out by a tree, oh no, he'd pee in empty three litre plastic milk bottles which he'd then store out in his little garden shed. This went on for a coupla weeks.

Turns out the meathead wasn't taking his meathead car. So a couple of days before Xmas, the day after meathead left, in the middle of a searing Queensland summer and where the car is parked outside in the hot blaring sun, old mate took his twenty litres of dark, cellared, stinkin' piss and unloaded every last drop over every inch of the interior; carpet, upholstery, the lot. Even saved some for the boot. Then proceeded to wind up all the windows and lock the meathead car where it would sit undisturbed in the summer sun to marinate for the next three weeks.

When he was talking about it after the fact he said to me, "I wasn't taking the piss mate, i was sharing it around".

When they used to have hub caps on the ( steel ) car wheels, i heard it was a good tactic to put your prawn scraps ( heads and shells ) under a hubcap. Owner would go nuts trying to work out why his car stunk, but never think to check the wheels.

 

[jwikked]

When they used to have hub caps on the ( steel ) car wheels, i heard it was a good tactic to put your prawn scraps ( heads and shells ) under a hubcap. Owner would go nuts trying to work out why his car stunk, but never think to check the wheels.

When I worked at an abattoir, my supervisor was going on holidays, so I cut up some pig spleen and jammed it in his knife pouch that sat in his locker for 2 weeks waiting for him to return lol gross stuff

 

[SaintsSeptember]

So I parked my car in an almost empty carpark and there were a least 40 spots closer to the store entrance. Imagine my surprise when I came out of the store to find some numbnut had parked right next to mine. Even better, they parked on the drivers side so I had to squeeze into my car. WTF is wrong with people!
It happens quite regularly. I know, 1st world problem but FMD it gives me the absolute shits.

That always happened and god knows why. Someone told me women might do it for security, but that makes no sense at all either.

Never really got into being a parking menace, but i've started fronting up really close behind people who have reversed into the row in front of me. If they go past the line , i'll be virtually touching them. No way they can use their tailgate.
Why?
They annoy me. They drive into carparks with cars behind them, and expect everyone to stop and wait while they park. Front parking just seems much quicker. When you reverse out, you usually wait until the road behind you is clear first.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

When I worked at an abattoir, my supervisor was going on holidays, so I cut up some pig spleen and jammed it in his knife pouch that sat in his locker for 2 weeks waiting for him to return lol gross stuff

I've made a point of never working at a place where i have to deal with pig spleen.
I did know someone who worked at a pump manufacturer, and he threw up when he found what was jamming the pump that had been sent back for warranty.

 

[jwikked]

I've made a point of never working at a place where i have to deal with pig spleen.
I did know someone who worked at a pump manufacturer, and he threw up when he found what was jamming the pump that had been sent back for warranty.

I’ve got photos that would haunt. I remember one day a cyst the size of someone’s head was lightly cut open, and it poured out white liquid for minutes. It was foul.

Another fun trick was cutting 3 slits into a pigs testicle, 2 at the top and one near the middle, and then stick it in the knife sterilizer for 5 minutes.
The outside peels back and the slits turn into eyes and a mouth

 

[BigPowerForward]

That always happened and god knows why. Someone told me women might do it for security, but that makes no sense at all either.

Never really got into being a parking menace, but i've started fronting up really close behind people who have reversed into the row in front of me. If they go past the line , i'll be virtually touching them. No way they can use their tailgate.
Why?
They annoy me. They drive into carparks with cars behind them, and expect everyone to stop and wait while they park. Front parking just seems much quicker. When you reverse out, you usually wait until the road behind you is clear first.

I had to wait for someone to reverse into a car space today. It took them 8 attrempts!

 

[StFly]

So I parked my car in an almost empty carpark and there were a least 40 spots closer to the store entrance. Imagine my surprise when I came out of the store to find some numbnut had parked right next to mine. Even better, they parked on the drivers side so I had to squeeze into my car. WTF is wrong with people!
It happens quite regularly. I know, 1st world problem but FMD it gives me the absolute shits.

I have speculation that it's the society aspect of humanity to go "this is empty, oh hey a person" and then they park near so they feel safe as another human is around and so there's then someone to converse with, someone to see and someone to check if danger is around basically.

Then again I deal with entitled parents trying to use my driveway for parking that I had to chain link close my gates. Even when cops were around to cite people for parking too close to said driveway and there are markings since a corner to say "don't park beyond this point!" well entitled people are still going to be entitled and rules don't apply to them. So I also have called tows on some people. Fun times "no mam, I was asleep, what car was it and where?".

 

[bergholt]

I had to wait for someone to reverse into a car space today. It took them 8 attrempts!

I don't understand why people reverse in tbh, surely just as easy to front in and reverse out

 

[StFly]

I don't understand why people reverse in tbh, surely just as easy to front in and reverse out

Comfort based on my younger sis.

She always reverses in and it's chiefly as she has NFI where her front is, no clue. But reversing in, she knows how big the boot is so she knows how she can position it.

Just weird units basically.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

That feel you have when fire trucks rock up across the road from you and warnings say "fire not yet under control".

Granted have seen people about so looks to be behind some buildings before it can get to me.

Edit: no idea what it was, likely will find out later, but it was 3 trucks into 2 and a copper then they up and deleted the emergency after the 2nd to last truck left. Also it went from spitting rain to actual rain, so if it was outside well, it is currently getting wet further.

I had that once with a fire on the back fence.

I could smell burning but didn't thing much of it. I went outside and the neighbours across the road were shouting theres a fire. I look and the backyard in the house behind was on fire